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docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md

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volume source. However, as illustrated above, you can explicitly set the `mode`
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### FlexVolume
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A `FlexVolume` enables users to mount vendor volumes into a pod. It expects vendor
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drivers are installed in the volume plugin path on each kubelet node. This is
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an alpha feature and may change in future.
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More details are in [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/examples/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/staging/volumes/flexvolume/README.md).
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### AzureFileVolume
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A `AzureFileVolume` is used to mount a Microsoft Azure File Volume (SMB 2.1 and 3.0)
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## Out-of-Tree Volume Plugins
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In addition to the previously listed volume types, storage vendors may create
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custom plugins without adding it to the Kubernetes repository. This can be
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achieved by using the `FlexVolume` plugin.
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`FlexVolume` enables users to mount vendor volumes into a pod. The vendor plugin
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is implemented using a driver, an executable supporting a list of volume commands
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defined by the `FlexVolume` API. Drivers must be installed in a pre-defined
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volume plugin path on each node. This is an alpha feature and may change in future.
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More details can be found [here](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/flexvolume.md).
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